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T. A. WEBER.

- BARBED FENCE WIRE. N0. 286,512. Patented Oct. 9, 1883.

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THEODORE A. WVEBER, OF NEIV YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOB TO JOHN L. CLARK,

' OF SAME PLACE;

BARBED FENCE-WIRE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 286,512, dated Application filed May 3,1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THEODORE A. WEBER, of the city and county of New York, in the State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Barbed Fence-W'ire, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to barbed fencewire which is composed of a longitudinal wire provided at intervals with pairs of eyes or loops and barbs, each of which consists of a short piece of wire having sharpened ends which extend through .and project beyond the eyes or loops of a pair.

The invention will be hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a piece of fence-wire composed of a single longitudinal wire and barbs, and Fig. 2 is similar view of a piece of fence-wire in which two longitudinal wires are employed.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in both figures.

Referring first to Fig. 1, A designates the longitudinal wire, and B designates the barbs, of which only one is shown.

At the desired intervals in the length of the longitudinal wire it is provided with, or has -formed in it, pairs of. eyes or loops a a. The

eyes or loops of each pair spread or extend in opposite directions from the line of the longitudinal wire. The eyes or loops of each pair may .be in the same plane or nearly in the same plane. The barbs B are arranged transversely to the longitudinal wire A. They consist each of a short piece of wire, bowed or arched over the bent and twisted portions of the wire between the eyes or loops of a pair, and having its ends extending through and projecting beyond the eyes of the pair, and sharpened so as to form two prongs or spurs, b. The said portions of the barbs which extend beyond the eyes or loops are bent outward, so that the barbs will be held securely in the pair of eyes or loops.

In forming each pair of eyes or loops, the portions of wire which extend in opposite di- October 9, 1883,

rections from that pair. are interlocked or crossed at the point 0; and therefore any longitudinal strain upon the wire will only tend to contract the eyes or loops and cause them to hug the-barb B more closely, and the barb will not be liable to be turned or drawn from its position transverse to the longitudinal wire toward a position in line with the longitudinal wire.

The fencing shown in Fig. 2 differs from that shown inFig. 1 only in having a second longitudinal wire, A, which is twisted with the wire A between the barbs, and so pre vents the elongation of the wire A at the points where the pairs of eyes .or loops are formed; but a short piece of fencing and only one pair of eyes or loops are shown in Fig. 2. The pairs of eyes or loops may be all formed from the wire A or all from the wire A, or alternate pairs of eyes or loops may be formed-from the different wires; but the two eyes or loops of each pair will always be formed from the same wire.

I do not claim, broadly, a longitudinal wire provided with pairs of eyes or loops which spread in opposite directions, in combination with barbs,.each consisting of a short wire, the ends of which extend through and project beyond the eyesor loops of a pair.

- What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A barbed fencewire consisting of the longitudinal wire A, provided at intervals with pairs of eyes or loops 0 a, which spread in opposite directions from the line of the wire, the said wire having its portions which extend in opposite directions from each pair of eyes crossed or interlocked at the point 0, and provided with barbs B, each consisting of a short wire extending over the crossing or interlocking point a, and having sharpened ends which project through and beyond the eyes or loops of a pair, substantially as herein described.

THEODORE A. WEBER.

VVitnessesE CHANDLER HALL, FREDK. HAYNES. 

